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Lebanon-Ceasefire/Restaurant Owner
Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 27, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic, pedestrians, buildings
2. Steel rebars on wall
3. Restaurant, traffic, pedestrians
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"It's still the same logo that you saw from last year. We keep it as it is. We didn't change anything. We just fix it and keep it. That's it."
5. Sign of restaurant
6. Various of staff working at restaurant
FILE: Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of damaged buildings, debris, pedestrians, vehicles
8. Cityscape
9. Various of damaged buildings, debris, pedestrians,traffic
Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 27, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 9/ending with shot 11):
"People who are living in Dahieh didn't come back. So for sure you are not selling as you used to sell. So there is a big problem of economy in Dahieh, and in all Lebanon actually, because every day they are trying to threaten us that there is a new war. People are afraid to pay money."
11. Various of interior of restaurant
12. Various of staff working at restaurant
13. Ali Hamadeh at entrance of restaurant
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 13/ending with shot 15):
"I'm not going to leave. I will keep everything. If they hit my restaurant, I will open a new one later on in the same area actually. I'm not going to leave. This is my land. Why I should leave? While waiting, we are just want to see the results of this war in order to begin a new life in Lebanon."
15. Various of staff working at restaurant, customers entering restaurant
A restaurant owner in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb is struggling to rebuild his business as Israeli attacks continue despite the implementation of a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, with fear of a new war keeping his customers away.
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on November 27, 2024, which largely ended about 13 months of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
However, the ceasefire has been constantly violated by Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past year.
Dahieh, a suburb south of the Lebanese capital, has long been attacked by Israeli forces as it was regarded by Israel as a Hezbollah stronghold.
Last November, two missiles shot by an Israeli fighter jet hit a building close to Ali Hamadeh's fast-food restaurant in Dahieh, also causing damage to the restaurant.
One year on, the restaurant still bears some marks of the strike.
"It's still the same logo that you saw from last year. We keep it as it is. We didn't change anything. We just fix it and keep it. That's it," said Hamadeh.
To retain his regular customers, Hamadeh set up a food cart under a nearby bridge the day after the airstrike and started preparing meals there daily.
He also hired excavators and sanitation workers to clean up the aftermath with his own money.
It took him four months to finish the repairs, but his business has never been recovered to the pre-strike level and is now barely breaking even.
Hamadeh attributed the decline to local people's fear of a renewed conflict.
"People who are living in Dahieh didn't come back. So for sure you are not selling as you used to sell. So there is a big problem of economy in Dahieh, and in all Lebanon actually, because every day they are trying to threaten us that there is a new war. People are afraid to pay money," said the business owner.
Over the past year, Lebanon has experienced multiple nationwide power outages.
In some areas, electricity is available for less than four hours a day, sometimes even completely cut off for entire days.
Despite these difficulties, Hamadeh chose to remain steadfast, even facing uncertainties.
"I'm not going to leave. I will keep everything. If they hit my restaurant, I will open a new one later on in the same area actually. I'm not going to leave. This is my land. Why I should leave? While waiting, we are just want to see the results of this war in order to begin a new life in Lebanon," said Hamadeh.
According to statistics, approximately 450 buildings in the Dahieh were completely destroyed in Israeli airstrikes.
Lebanon-Ceasefire/Restaurant Owner
Dateline : Nov 27, 2025/File
Location : Lebanon
Duration : 1'45
Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 27, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic, pedestrians, buildings
2. Steel rebars on wall
3. Restaurant, traffic, pedestrians
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"It's still the same logo that you saw from last year. We keep it as it is. We didn't change anything. We just fix it and keep it. That's it."
5. Sign of restaurant
6. Various of staff working at restaurant
FILE: Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of damaged buildings, debris, pedestrians, vehicles
8. Cityscape
9. Various of damaged buildings, debris, pedestrians,traffic
Beirut, Lebanon - Nov 27, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 9/ending with shot 11):
"People who are living in Dahieh didn't come back. So for sure you are not selling as you used to sell. So there is a big problem of economy in Dahieh, and in all Lebanon actually, because every day they are trying to threaten us that there is a new war. People are afraid to pay money."
11. Various of interior of restaurant
12. Various of staff working at restaurant
13. Ali Hamadeh at entrance of restaurant
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Hamadeh, restaurant owner (starting with shot 13/ending with shot 15):
"I'm not going to leave. I will keep everything. If they hit my restaurant, I will open a new one later on in the same area actually. I'm not going to leave. This is my land. Why I should leave? While waiting, we are just want to see the results of this war in order to begin a new life in Lebanon."
15. Various of staff working at restaurant, customers entering restaurant
A restaurant owner in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb is struggling to rebuild his business as Israeli attacks continue despite the implementation of a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, with fear of a new war keeping his customers away.
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on November 27, 2024, which largely ended about 13 months of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
However, the ceasefire has been constantly violated by Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past year.
Dahieh, a suburb south of the Lebanese capital, has long been attacked by Israeli forces as it was regarded by Israel as a Hezbollah stronghold.
Last November, two missiles shot by an Israeli fighter jet hit a building close to Ali Hamadeh's fast-food restaurant in Dahieh, also causing damage to the restaurant.
One year on, the restaurant still bears some marks of the strike.
"It's still the same logo that you saw from last year. We keep it as it is. We didn't change anything. We just fix it and keep it. That's it," said Hamadeh.
To retain his regular customers, Hamadeh set up a food cart under a nearby bridge the day after the airstrike and started preparing meals there daily.
He also hired excavators and sanitation workers to clean up the aftermath with his own money.
It took him four months to finish the repairs, but his business has never been recovered to the pre-strike level and is now barely breaking even.
Hamadeh attributed the decline to local people's fear of a renewed conflict.
"People who are living in Dahieh didn't come back. So for sure you are not selling as you used to sell. So there is a big problem of economy in Dahieh, and in all Lebanon actually, because every day they are trying to threaten us that there is a new war. People are afraid to pay money," said the business owner.
Over the past year, Lebanon has experienced multiple nationwide power outages.
In some areas, electricity is available for less than four hours a day, sometimes even completely cut off for entire days.
Despite these difficulties, Hamadeh chose to remain steadfast, even facing uncertainties.
"I'm not going to leave. I will keep everything. If they hit my restaurant, I will open a new one later on in the same area actually. I'm not going to leave. This is my land. Why I should leave? While waiting, we are just want to see the results of this war in order to begin a new life in Lebanon," said Hamadeh.
According to statistics, approximately 450 buildings in the Dahieh were completely destroyed in Israeli airstrikes.
ID : 8455242
Published : 2025-11-29 14:52
Last Modified : 2025-11-29 20:18:55
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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